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Martin Luther King HAVE YOU HEARD WITH PATRICK WOLFF Birthday Tribute Monday at 9 pm Friday, January 18th 1/7 Michael Formanek The consummate inside-out bass player, Formanek has made his mark as a sideman with 6-9am & 2-6pm everyone from Dave Burrell to Tim Berne to Fred Hersch. He has also released albums as a Celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Reverend leader for 25 years. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through Jazz and 1/14 Grant Stewart Improvisational Music and the principles he Tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart has been playing and recording classic jazz in NYC for lived and died for on Friday, January 18th, twenty years. He is celebrated by multiple generations of players for his swing, huge tone, with Alisa Clancy on A Morning Cup of Jazz, and whip-smart lines. Through years of weekly gigs, he is also is partly responsible for and with Melanie Berzon on Jazz in the Afternoon. building the identity and scene of Smalls Jazz Club in NYC. 1/21 Muhal Richard Abrams A significant pianist and bandleader, Abrams co-founded the AACM in 1965 and was on the forefront of free jazz. He did amazing work not only on the stage, but in presenting adventurous jazz as a legitimate art form to be celebrated, funded, and taught at all levels.

1/28 Henry Threadgill Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Threadgill is one of the most prolific and original American composers on the scene today. A talented woodwind player based in free idioms, his works for larger groups since the early 1980’s have not only pushed the envelope but changed the basic rules of engagement between improvising musicians.

JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA WITH CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE Tuesday at 9 pm 1/1 The Ladies of Maqueque Jazz Night in America catches up with flautist and soprano saxophonist, Jane Bunnett, and her Afro-Cuban band at Jazz at Lincoln Center and in Miami.

1/8 in THE ANNALS OF JAZZ WITH RICHARD HADLOCK Vocalist Lizz Wright’s most recent album, Grace, was inspired by her roots, her southern Sundays at 7 pm heritage, and her family. Jazz Night in America caught up with Lizz for a concert in Atlanta, The sound of surprise describes both jazz itself and the enduring premise of and on a road trip she took, reacquainting herself with the people and places she came from. "The Annals of Jazz." Since 1959, host Richard Hadlock has been improvising on historical themes and bringing forth worthy performers—from Armstrong to 1/15 Harold Mabern Zorn. Each Sunday, we may find Annals in Europe, Asia, Latin America or Back Jazz Night in America explores 82-year-old pianist Harold Mabern’s accomplishments as of Town anywhere. an accompanist over the last 60 years, and shines a spotlight on Mabern as a composer and bandleader at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, with bassist Nat Reeves and drummer Joe Farnsworth. I'M TALKIN' JAZZ 1/22 Joey DeFrancesco Sunday at 8 am Jazz Night in America explores the music and career of organist Joey DeFrancesco, who went from teenage musical wunderkind in Miles Davis’ band to prolific savior of a once- 1/6 Guitarist John Pizzarelli with Alisa Clancy neglected instrument in jazz. Plus music from select concerts of Joey’s at Dizzy’s Club Coca 1/13 Saxophonist Howard Wiley with Chuy Varela Cola in NYC.

1/20 Pianist Macy Blackman with Kathleen Lawton 1/29 Jazzmeia Horn 1/27 Saxophonist Charlie Rouse with Dick Conte A singer of ironclad capability, creative drive and irrepressible panache, Jazzmeia Horn has emerged as the breakout new talent in a formidable jazz-vocal tradition. This is her moment, and Jazz Night in America has her story and recent live album-release set at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola in NYC. 4 J a z z 9 1 P r e v i e w J a n u a r y 2 0 1 9 5 ON Y Y AZZ HE

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artists of all disciplines. WITH REAKFAST, A MERICAN W W B A 1/17 Jazz in Song: The Words M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M Words give a narrative to the jazz melody and are as important to the instrumentalist as to M P P P P P P P P P P A A A A A A A A A P A P

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 the jazz singer. Explore the art of interpreting the lyric, and the characteristics of a great lyric. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 2 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 0 6 7 7 8 8 9 0 2 2 5 6 1 1 1 1 1 1/24 Jazz in Song: Singing Instrumentalists 1 Many jazz instrumentalists have stepped into the singer’s role—Fats Waller, Nat “King” Cole, Jack Teagarden, and Chet Baker, to name a few. With their mastery of phrasing, such hat as hat une nyway musicians have transferred their talents into song in distinctive ways. W W T T , A ? 1. Visit our website at www.kcsm.org; then click on the Jazz 91 Playlist link. 1/31 Jazz in Song: The Jazz Standard 2. Go directly to the playlist at www.jazzlist.org What are the jazz standards? How do tunes like Body and Soul, My Funny Valentine, or 3. Tune into JazzTV on Digital Channel 43.3 Autumn Leaves become standards? And what impact did Louis Armstrong, , 4. Tune into Comcast Digital Channel 962. Frank Sinatra, and others have on the making of standards?